Megyn Kelly

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Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970)[4][5] is an American journalist, political commentator, and former corporate defense attorney. She is the host of her live-audience, morning show NBCMegyn Kelly Today. She was a news anchor at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and is currently with NBC News.

On January 3, 2017, Kelly announced her departure from Fox News and stated that she would be joining NBC News. On June 4, 2017, she started hosting a Sunday night news magazine program titled Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.[6] From October 2013 to January 2017, during her career at Fox News, Kelly hosted The Kelly File. She previously hosted America Live, and prior to that, co-hosted America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel's New Year's Eve specials, "All American New Year". She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.[7]

Fox News

Kelly contributed legal segments for Special Report with Brit Hume and hosted her own legal segment, Kelly's Court, during Weekend Live. She appeared on a weekly segment on The O'Reilly Factor and occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters. She occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends.[19] On February 1, 2010, Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, replacing Fox News' previous show The Live Desk.[20][21] She has been a guest-panelist on Fox News' late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. In 2010, viewership for America Live increased by 20%, averaging 1,293,000 viewers, and increased by 4% in the 25–54 age demographic, averaging 268,000 viewers.[22] In December 2010, Kelly was confirmed to be hosting a New Year's Eve special with Bill Hemmer.[23]

Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the 2012 United States presidential election. On November 6, 2012 (the night of the election), Fox News projected that Obama would win a second term after part of the results had been released. In response to Karl Rove's opposition to this projection, Kelly asked Rove, "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better? Or is this real?"[24][25][26]

In December 2013, remarks made by Kelly in reaction to a Slate article drew controversy. On The Kelly File, she said, "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa," adding, "But Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it." Kelly also stated that Jesus was a white man later in the segment.[32] Soon after, Jon Stewart,[33]Stephen Colbert,[34]Rachel Maddow,[35]Josh Barro,[36] and others satirized her remarks.[37] Two days later, she made additional on-air statements, characterizing her original comments as "tongue-in-cheek",[38][39][40][41][42] and that the skin color of Jesus is "far from settled".[43]

In June 2015, Kelly interviewed Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting regarding their son Josh Duggar's alleged molestation of five girls in 2002. She later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa. This show's Nielsen national estimates ratings of 3.09 million viewers, above its average 2.11 million, ranked with the 3.2 million for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 coverage and 7.3 million for the Ferguson riots coverage.[44]

In the Republican Party presidential debate on August 6, 2015, Kelly asked whether a man of Trump's temperament ought to be elected president.[45] Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions and her professionalism was criticized by presidential candidate Trump.[46][47][48][49] Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".[50] Trump declined to attend the Iowa January 28 debate that she moderated.[51][52] After the debate and off-camera, Kelly referred to Trump as "Voldemort".[53]Bill Maher complimented Kelly as being "so much better" than the candidates who attended the January 28 debate and argued that she was a more viable candidate for the Republican nomination.[54] In an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning, Kelly reflected that she was disappointed with the lack of support she received from coworker Bill O'Reilly and CNN, the latter airing a Trump event the same time as the debate.[55][56] In April, at her request,[57] Kelly met with Trump at Trump Tower, having "a chance to clear the air".[58] The following month, after interviewing Trump and being met with mixed reception,[59] she expressed interest in doing another one with him.[60] In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against Gonzalo P. Curiel's credibility.[61] In October, a contentious discussion between Kelly and Newt Gingrich on The Kelly File regarding Trump's sexual comments in a 2005 audio recording gained widespread social media reaction.[62]

In March 2016, it was announced that Kelly would host a one-hour prime time special on the Fox network, wherein she would interview celebrities from the worlds of "politics, entertainment, and other areas of human interest."[63] The special aired in May 2016, which is a sweeps month.[64] It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but came in third place in ratings.[65][66]Gabriel Sherman wrote of the stakes for Kelly as "high", elaborating that with Kelly being in the final year of her contract with Fox and having confirmed her ambitions, "The special was essentially a public interview for her next job."[67] In July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, Kelly was reported to have confirmed that she herself was also subjected to his harassment.[68][69] Two days after the report, Ailes resigned from Fox News and his lawyer, Susan Estrich, publicly denied the charge.[70] During her coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention, her attire received criticism.[71] In a defense of Kelly, Jenavieve Hatch of The Huffington Post commented, "If you're a woman on national television reporting on a political event from hot, humid Cleveland, wearing a weather-appropriate outfit makes you the target of an endless stream of sexist commentary."[72] In September, it was reported that Kelly would be collaborating with Michael De Luca to produce Embeds, a scripted comedy about reporters covering politics, to be aired on a streaming service.[73][74]

NBC News

In late 2016, Kelly was alleged to be actively considering other news networks aside from Fox News, since her contract was months away from expiring.[75][76] In January 2017, The New York Times reported that she would leave Fox News for a "triple role" at NBC News in which she would anchor and host her own daytime program and in-depth Sunday night news show, along with taking part in the network's political and major news event coverage.[77][78] She departed Fox News on January 6, 2017, after the last episode of The Kelly File was aired.[79][80] In January 2017, People quoted an unspecified source that Kelly remained under a non-compete clause with Fox until July 2017 which would prevent her from working for a competitor until the clause expires or is canceled.[81]

Kelly is reportedly being paid between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC[89] which has decided to bring her newsmagazine show Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly back for the summer of 2018 after a hiatus for football and the winter olympics but only "periodically".[90]

Writing

In February 2016, Kelly signed an agreement with HarperCollins to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.[91][92][93] The book, titled Settle for More, was released on November 15, 2016.[94][95]

Accolades

In 2009, Kelly received an award from Childhelp for her work as a Fox News anchor covering the subject of child abuse.[96]

She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.[97]

On September 26, 2015, Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bethlehem Central High School, her alma mater.[98]

Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of Vanity Fair.[99] The same year, she was an honoree for Variety's Power of Women for her addressing child abuse.[100]

Personal life

Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist, in 2001.[101] The marriage ended in divorce in 2006.[102][103] In 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium,[104] and who became a full-time writer and novelist.[105] They have three children, son Yates (b. 2009),[106] daughter Yardley (b. 2011),[106][107] and son Thatcher (b. 2013).[108]

Politically, Kelly identifies as an independent, and told Variety in 2015 that she has voted for both Democrats and Republicans.[109]

On October 12, 2016, Kelly stated in a segment on her show with Fox News commentator Julie Roginsky that she is a lifelong Catholic.[110]

References

^"Meet Author Douglas Brunt". Rye Free Reading Room. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016. Douglas Brunt and his wife, FOX News Anchor Megyn Kelly, and their two children live in Rye.

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